Re: [xsl] Batch Transforming help

On 4/27/06, Gary E. Daniels <gdaniels@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello. Newbie here looking for some guidance. I've been searching for a
> way to "batch"
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> How do I modify the above XSL Stylesheet (FILE #2) to batch transform the
> files in FILE #1?
> I have been using XFactor (Saxon) to load the single files and transform
> them. Will I need
>
> to run the batch process from the command line? If so, I need to know what
> I need to type
>
> in the command line and also what folders (directories) I need to create
> and what files need
>
> to be placed into those folders (directories).
Saxon can transform directories - just supply a directory as the input
on the command line. If you can use XSLT 2.0 then it has the
collection() function, so you can control the processing from within
your stylesheet.
> Or, is there an inexpensive editing/parser program that has batch
> processing capabilities?
You could check out kernow:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/easytransformer which was written
primarily for running batch transforms (a newer version coming soon
with Saxon 8.7.1 and some bug fixes).